Interstate 35E construction to begin

Submitted by Matthew Zabel on Tue, 2013/10/01 - 4:22pm

Oct. 1, 2013

Reconstruction of I-35E between U.S. Highway 380 in Denton south to Interstate 635 will begin in October. An official groundbreaking on Oct. 3 will launch the four-year project, which includes 28 miles of I-35E.

The $4.8 billion project includes the addition of managed lanes, general purpose lanes, improvements to various bridges and a new southbound bridge over Lewisville Lake.

Construction should begin in mid-October on the bridges at Bonnie Brae, U.S. Highway 77, Mayhill Road, McCormick Road, FM 407, Whitlock Lane, Crosby Road, Valwood Parkway, and Valley View Lane. Work on the Lewisville Lake bridge is expected to begin in November.

In addition, the segment of I-35 that stretches from US 380 in Denton to Swisher Road or FM 2181 in Corinth will be expanded from four to six lanes. The bridges at North Texas Boulevard, Post Oak and Corinth Parkway also will be expanded. Turbeville Road will be connected to the north- and southbound I-35E frontage roads. Both frontage roads also will be rebuilt. This work is expected to take place in 2014.

Students, faculty and staff can keep updated on the construction at the UNT I-35 website, Facebook, Twitter with the hashtag #I35E and on InHouse.

AGL Constructors, the project developer, also offers several venues for updates including:

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